"G for George" operational record
Year |
Operation number |
Date |
Target |
Captain |
Number of 460 Sqn aircraft participating |
Number of aircraft from 460 Sqn lost |
1942 |
1 |
6 Dec |
Mannheim |
F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith |
10 |
|
2 |
8 Dec |
Sea Mining off Denmark |
F-Sgt A. McKinnon |
9 |
||
3 |
9 Dec |
Turin |
F-Sgt A. McKinnon |
8 |
||
4 |
17 Dec |
Sea Mining off Denmark |
F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith |
4 |
||
1943 |
5 |
16 Jan |
Berlin |
F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith |
6 |
|
6 |
3 Feb |
Hamburg |
F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith |
6 |
||
7 |
7 Feb |
Lorient |
F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith |
8 |
||
8 |
11 Feb |
Wilhelmshaven |
F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith |
9 |
||
9 |
13 Feb |
Lorient |
F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith |
9 |
||
10 |
14 Feb |
Milan |
F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith |
8 |
||
11 |
16 Feb |
Lorient |
F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith |
8 |
||
12 |
21 Feb |
Bremen |
F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith |
9 |
||
13 |
26 Feb |
Cologne |
F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith |
11 |
||
14 |
28 Feb |
St. Nazaire |
F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith |
13 |
||
15 |
1 Mar |
Berlin |
F-Sgt J.A. Saint-Smith |
13 |
||
16 |
5 Mar |
Essen |
F-Sgt J. Murray |
10 |
||
17 |
8 Mar |
Nuremberg |
F-Sgt J. Murray |
11 |
||
18 |
9 Mar |
Munich |
F-Sgt J. Murray |
10 |
||
19 |
11 Mar |
Stuttgart |
W Cdr C. Martin |
10 |
||
20 |
12 Mar |
Essen |
F-Sgt J. Murray |
11 |
||
21 |
22 Mar |
St. Nazaire |
F-Sgt J. Murray |
8 |
||
22 |
26 Mar |
Duisburg |
F-Sgt J. Murray |
11 |
||
23 |
27 Mar |
Berlin |
F-Sgt J. Murray |
11 |
||
24 |
29 Mar |
Berlin |
F-Sgt J. Murray |
9 |
||
25 |
3 Apr |
Essen |
Sgt P. Coldham |
12 |
||
26 |
4 Apr |
Kiel |
Sgt P. Coldham |
13 |
||
27 |
9 Apr |
Duisburg |
F-Sgt J. Murray |
7 |
||
28 |
10 Apr |
Frankfurt |
Sgt J. Williams |
7 |
||
29 |
13 Apr |
Spezia |
F-Sgt J. Murray |
13 |
||
30 |
16 Apr |
Koblenz** |
F-Sgt J. Murray |
|||
31 |
18 Apr |
Spezia |
F-Sgt J. Murray |
13 |
||
32 |
20 Apr |
Stettin |
F-Sgt J. Murray |
17 |
||
33 |
27 Apr |
Duisburg |
F-Sgt W Rose |
12 |
||
34 |
4 May |
Dortmund |
F-O J. Henderson |
19 |
1 |
|
35 |
27 May |
Essen |
Sgt D.J. Strath |
19 |
1 |
|
36 |
29 May |
Wuppertal |
Sgt D.J. Strath |
12 |
2 |
|
37 |
11 Jun |
Dusseldorf |
F-O J. Henderson |
27 |
1 |
|
38 |
12 Jun |
Bochum |
F-O J. Henderson |
22 |
2 |
|
39 |
14 Jun |
Oberhausen |
F-O J. Henderson |
22 |
3 |
|
40 |
16 Jun |
Cologne |
F-O J. Henderson |
18 |
2 |
|
41 |
21 Jun |
Krefeld |
F-O J. Henderson |
20 |
1 |
|
42 |
22 Jun |
Mulheim |
F-O J. Henderson |
18 |
1 |
|
43 |
24 Jun |
Wuppertal |
F-O J. Henderson |
15 |
1 |
|
44 |
25 Jun |
Gelsenkirchen |
F-O J. Henderson |
15 |
||
45 |
28 Jun |
Cologne |
F-O J. Henderson |
15 |
||
46 |
17 Aug |
Peenemunde |
P-O D. Moodie |
24 |
||
47 |
22 Aug |
Leverkusen |
F-Sgt H. Carter |
21 |
||
48 |
27 Aug |
Nuremberg |
F-Sgt H. Carter |
21 |
||
49 |
30 Aug |
Muchen Gladbach |
F-Sgt H. Carter |
22 |
||
50 |
31 Aug |
Berlin |
F-Sgt H. Carter |
21 |
1 |
|
51 |
3 Sep |
Berlin |
F-Sgt H. Carter |
24 |
3 |
|
52 |
5 Sep |
Mannheim |
F-Sgt H. Carter |
20 |
||
53 |
6 Sep |
Munich |
F-Sgt J. Goulevitch |
18 |
||
54 |
22 Sep |
Hanover |
F-Sgt H. Carter |
20 |
2 |
|
55 |
23 Sep |
Mannheim |
F-Sgt H. Carter |
19 |
1 |
|
56 |
27 Sep |
Hanover |
Sqn Leader A. Nichols |
20 |
2 |
|
57 |
29 Sep |
Bochum |
F-Sgt H. Carter |
15 |
||
58 |
2 Oct |
Munich |
F-Sgt H. Carter |
18 |
||
59 |
3 Oct |
Kassel |
F-Sgt R Power |
14 |
||
60 |
4 Oct |
Ludwigshaven |
F-Sgt H. Carter |
15 |
||
61 |
7 Oct |
Stuttgart |
F-Sgt H. Carter |
20 |
||
62 |
8 Oct |
Hanover |
F-Sgt H. Carter |
18 |
2 |
|
63 |
18 Oct |
Hanover |
F-Sgt H. Carter |
19 |
1 |
|
64 |
20 Oct |
Leipzip |
P-O N. Peters |
17 |
||
65 |
22 Oct |
Kassel |
F-Sgt W. Watson |
19 |
||
66 |
3 Nov |
Dusseldorf |
W-O H. Carter |
23 |
||
67 |
18 Nov |
Berlin |
W-O H. Carter |
28 |
||
68 |
22 Nov |
Berlin |
F-Sgt R. Douglas |
25 |
||
69 |
23 Nov |
Berlin |
F-Sgt R. Douglas |
16 |
2 |
|
70 |
26 Nov |
Berlin |
W-O H. Carter |
24 |
1 |
|
71 |
2 Dec |
Berlin |
F-Sgt K. Goodwin |
25 |
5 |
|
72 |
3 Dec |
Leipzig |
F-Sgt R. Douglas |
16 |
||
73 |
16 Dec |
Berlin |
P-O H. Carter |
20 |
4 |
|
74 |
20 Dec |
Frankfurt |
P-O H. Carter |
16 |
||
75 |
23 Dec |
Berlin |
P-O H. Carter |
15 |
||
76 |
29 Dec |
Berlin |
F-Lt A. Wales |
22 |
2 |
|
1944 |
77 |
1 Jan |
Berlin |
P-O J. Howell |
17 |
|
78 |
5 Jan |
Stettin |
P-O J. Hills |
18 |
||
79 |
19 Feb |
Leipzig |
F-Sgt J. McCleery |
24 |
2 |
|
80 |
20 Feb |
Stuttgart |
F-O T. Leggett |
21 |
1 |
|
81 |
24 Feb |
Schweinfurt |
F-O T. Leggett |
17 |
2 |
|
82 |
25 Feb |
Augsburg |
F-O T. Leggett |
17 |
1 |
|
83 |
18 Mar |
Frankfurt |
P-O K. Morgan |
21 |
||
84 |
22 Mar |
Frankfurt |
P-O K. Morgan |
25 |
||
85 |
26 Mar |
Essen |
F-Sgt R. Allen |
24 |
1 |
|
86 |
30 Mar |
Nuremburg |
F-Sgt V. Neal |
24 |
3 |
|
87 |
9 Apr |
Villeneuve St. George |
F-O J. Critchley |
12 |
||
88 |
10 Apr |
Aulnoye |
F-O J. Critchley |
13 |
1 |
|
89 |
20 Apr |
Cologne |
F-O J. Critchley |
19 |
(Target was Pilsen "G", could not find flares so bombed Koblenz)
Compiled by the Military Technology Section